Test 4 · Cooking machines: oven, microwave, kettle, toaster and hob
Grandad wrapped his sandwich in foil and wants to microwave it. What do you say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandad, you · What happens: wrap, want, microwave, say · To what, where: sandwich, foil · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 of lesson 11 «Cooking machines: oven, microwave, kettle, toaster and hob» of the technology course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: Grandad wrapped his sandwich in foil and wants to microwave it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wrapped | nsubj |
| 2 | wrapped | wrap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 sandwich | nmod:poss |
| 4 | sandwich | sandwich | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wrapped | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 foil | case |
| 6 | foil | foil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wrapped | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 wants | cc |
| 8 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 wrapped | conj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 microwave | mark |
| 10 | microwave | microwave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 wants | xcomp |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 microwave | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wrapped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wrap | past | Grandad | Grandad's sandwich | foil | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sandwich=Theme in foil=Destination | |||
| 2 | want | present | Grandad not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | microwave not said to happen | to-infinitive | Grandad not said here | sandwich | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: What do you say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 say | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 say | nsubj |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | you | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Only foil with holes in it is safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 foil | advmod |
| 2 | foil | foil | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 holes | case |
| 4 | holes | hole | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 foil | obl |
| 5 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 8 safe | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 safe | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 safe | cop |
| 8 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 foil | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | foil | imperative | you not said here | with holes | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | safe property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Take the foil off; metal must not go in a microwave
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 foil | det |
| 3 | foil | foil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obj |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Take | compound:prt |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 go | punct |
| 6 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 go | nsubj |
| 7 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 go | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 go | advmod |
| 9 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Take | conj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 microwave | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 microwave | det |
| 12 | microwave | microwave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take off | imperative | you not said here | the foil | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foil=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not go | must | metal | a microwave | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in microwave=Location |
Option 3
Foil is fine, it keeps the heat in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foil | foil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fine | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 keeps | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 keeps | nsubj |
| 6 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | parataxis |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 heat | det |
| 8 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 keeps | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 keeps | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Foil | fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | keep in | present | Foil | the heat | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Theme |
Option 4
Wrap it twice so it heats faster
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wrap | wrap | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Wrap | obj |
| 3 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 1 Wrap | advmod |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 heats | advmod |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 heats | nsubj |
| 6 | heats | heat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wrap | advcl |
| 7 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 heats | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wrap | imperative | you not said here | it | twice property | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | heat | present | it | fast property | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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